Guest writer (and my lovely mom), Doreen, shares her story about her life-long battle with diet culture. This blog post was sparked for her after she heard a podcast host proclaim that body image issues vanish for women after age 50.

Ria, all the way from Australia, shares her story about the process of recovering from disordered exercise. Her story resonated with me, and I hope it is helpful for you too. Trigger Warning: disordered eating/exercise, hypomania

Two years ago, I decided to change my relationship with my body, food, and exercise. I had gotten to a point where I was stuck in a cycle of restricting, binging, and purging (mostly through exercise). In this post, I share 10 things I have done these past two years to help me heal from diet culture and embrace my body image “unicorn.”

This weekend, my body dysmorphia and disordered eating thoughts intensified after a selfie-spiral at a friend’s wedding. Click to read more about how I cultivated self-compassion and quietly rebelled against my old patterns…